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JOHN AMBROSE MCCLUNG
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 14, 1944 – August 12, 1968
Service recordJohn Ambrose McClung, of Parkersburg, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 2
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Parkersburg, West Virginia (Wood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 2
- THOMAS E MORTICE IIISergeant · August 12, 1968
- JAIME ORTIZ-RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · August 12, 1968
- RONALD LEE PANZERSergeant · August 12, 1968
- DENNIS ALTON PRICEPrivate First Class · August 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RALPH PAUL DAYHOFFPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 52
- ROGER DALE HEDDENPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 53
- THOMAS CHARLES TREADWAYSpecialist Five · Panel 48W, Line 3
- JOSE ANTONIO MATOS-CORREAPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 4
From Parkersburg
- WILLIAM RICHARD MCPHERSONCaptain · December 3, 1965
- HARRY CURTIS MCCARTNEYLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- PORTER RAY CAINSergeant · May 12, 1966
- STEVEN ERIC EMRICKLance Corporal · February 16, 1968
- BENJAMIN ALLEN JONESSpecialist Four · March 22, 1968
- LOUIS JAMES REYNOLDSSergeant · May 30, 1968
- WAYNE ALLEN WHARTONMajor · February 20, 1969
- GARY REX MOSSLance Corporal · March 24, 1969
- DONALD EDWARD ROSSSergeant First Class · April 23, 1969
- DON LEWIS ROSSSergeant · May 4, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.